Crossing over the Lewis River in Western Washington, a BNSF loaded grain train destined for export from Tacoma, WA heads north on a fine spring day.

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A beautiful winter morning in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands and 18-600 has just made the swing righthanded under the bridge into Dargle Station with grain wagons. The train will now start the climb ... (more)

After following the train for quite a way on this day, the assistant was very amused and keen to wave by this stage. This is 18-502 negotiating the top loop at Boughton in Pietermaritzburg with a... (more)

18-601 passing through Lions River Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with loaded grain wagons, while a load of containers heading for Kaserne in Johannesburg is on the up line. The train is Du... (more)

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Westbound grain train for export skirts the Columbia River on a chilly winter day.

A grain train weaves it's way around the Boughton Balloon towards Pietermaritzburg.

Four tunnel motors haul a grain train through Little 10 Curve all the while climbing the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies en-route to Fresno, CA. Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.

18-219 has just rounded the corner at the top of the long and inviting straight after Umlaas Road Station that runs down towards Camperdown with this Durban bound grain train (various grain wagon ... (more)

An early summer evening (18:15) and there is a storm brewing, as 18-291 heads a Durban bound grain train through Umlaas Road Station. Staged on the loop line is a works train.

This short train of 21 empty grain wagons (various types) is busy crossing the Mkondeni Viaduct in the section between Ashburton and Pietermaritzburg as it leaves Durban.

18-095, pictured here with a variety of grain wagon types (these are empties), is passing through the section between Nottingham Road and Rosetta in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands on a beautiful early... (more)

Late on a winter afternoon, as 18-636 / 18-079 / 18-513, pass through the rural hills around Cliffdale dotted with local dwellings. They have a load of empty grain wagons (various types) behind t... (more)

Class 18E Series 1, 18-506, is seen here passing through Colenso with a variety of empty grain wagon types, as she heads towards Danskraal / Ladysmith for her next scheduled stop (Crew Change), ab... (more)